Queensland is blessed with over 7000km of mainland coastline, so it comes as no surprise that the self-proclaimed Sunshine State has some of the best beaches in Australia. Within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which stretches from Bundaberg in the south to Torres Strait in the north, there’s over 900 islands, creating even more [...]
I’m the first to admit I’ve little clue about mountain biking. Collecting my swanky new bike (a Specialized Camber 29er for those who care about such details) a week before signing up for the three day Sani2c stage race in South Africa, six weeks before confronting the first mountain, I’m full of optimism and self-confidence. [...]
It takes a whole ten minutes after landing on Lady Musgrave Island for me to embarrass myself. My embarrassment becomes more acute the longer I stay on the island and become familiar with its inhabitants. Instinctive and well-intentioned, nevertheless I feel a fool. The ‘water taxi’ deposits campers and their gear on the eastern shore [...]
Adventure seekers who love boating and skiing should become just a little bit excited about this bold new venture from those adventure-fiends across the Tasman Sea: Heli skiing yachting. It’s no surprise really, given the South Island of New Zealand is the self-proclaimed adventure capita of the world. Southern Lakes Heli Ski have teamed up [...]
Are you a cyclist with a desire to escape to sunshine-dappled Queensland at the end of winter? How does a 520km ride through some of north Queensland’s finest country tickle your fancy? It sure… ahem… tickles mine. Here’s a two-wheel adventure holiday that takes riders from the palm fringed beach at Mission Beach (south of [...]
At dawn tomorrow morning three Aussie adventurers will set out on a mammoth challenge. Ben Southall, Patrick Kinsella and Luke Edwards make up the Aussie8 team who will run to the summit of ten of Australia’s highest peaks. Sure, why not? Because they are there, is the answer I like best. These three adventurers will [...]
With only two weeks to go before reopening, Fiji’s Likuliku Lagoon Resort has been awarded Best Overseas Resort in the prestigious Australian Luxury Travel Magazine’s 2013 Gold List Awards for the fourth consecutive year. This tremendous accolade comes at a significant time for the luxury couple’s-only resort, which re-opens its doors on 22nd April 2013 [...]
You won’t find too many coconut palm-lined lagoons in the Marquesas Islands. Nor will you discover dazzling white-sand beaches circling teeny coral atolls barely rising above the South Pacific. It’s most unlikely you’ll come within a whisper of a thatched-roof overwater bungalow, the kind that appears synonymous with Tahitian holidays. If you’re anything like me, [...]
Turning 50 may be an achievement in itself, one that I can identify with as this siginifcant number looms in my own near future. But identical twins and avid sailors Bradley and Craig Ginnivan,are taking their birthday celebrations on August 14 to the next level. With their birthday occurring in the middle of Airlie Beach [...]
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve visited Fiji. Travelling by land, sea and air, I’ve experienced barefoot-style budget beach bures through to the most extraordinary luxurious resort. On each visit I feel a kind of reluctance wash over me as I leave the islands. There is something about this dreamy archipelago and [...]
Race notes promised the ultimate multi sport weekend incorporating a paddle, run and ride on tropical Magnetic Island. Enjoy a dirty weekend the organisers encouraged. Sure, why not? For the 300 adventure-fuelled fiends who turned up on Picnic Bay beach post-dawn, the island delivered. And then some. It was dirty alright. It was also brutal [...]
Stepping gingerly into the ‘long-tail’, our heavy tread rocking the boat alarmingly, two young children in the stern peer curiously through long- lashed eyes. Offering them my best wide-mouthed, friendly grin, they respond with bashful smiles. Gesticulating to their mother, who has now cranked up the enormous diesel engine and is manoeuvring cautiously away from [...]
It’s hard to imagine a more divine setting for brushing up on photography skills than in Tasmania’s Tarkine Forest. One of the few wilderness areas that remains much as was eons ago and where nature excels in all her ‘kick-arse’ glory, the Tarkine is three hours west of Launceston and a million miles from urbanity. [...]
Climbing a mountain is a big deal. It was an even bigger deal 100 years ago before the invention of today’s high tech mountain climbing gear and clothing. So it’s fitting that Alaska is popping open the champagne in recognition of this significant achievement. Alaskans and visitors will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first [...]
Encouraging a relationship to blossom when one party is a parasitic irritant doesn’t sound like the ideal start to longterm bliss does it? But it can be. Take one perfectly happy black-lipped oyster, annoy the heck out of it by inserting a foreign object into its heart, add a dash of mantle to spice things [...]
Fiona Harper is a freelance journalist specialising in travel, boating and lifestyle genres. Highly acclaimed, widely travelled and much published, Fiona spends much of the year travelling, researching & writing.© 2013 Travel Boating Lifestyle by Fiona Harper, travel writer. All Rights Reserved. Log in
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